Comparison of the vulnerability of limestone (karst) and siliciclastic coasts (example from the Kvarner area, NE Adriatic, Croatia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 90-99

  Juračić, Mladen ^a   Benac, Čedomir ^b   Pikelj, Kristina ^a   Ilić, Suzana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Dalmatian type coast; Eastern Adriatic; Flysch; Hazard; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CARBONATE ROCK; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLYSCH; HOLOCENE; KARST; LIMESTONE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RAB; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 64249129951     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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